Liu Yao's eyes lit up after hearing Jia Xu's suggestion. He felt that this old guy wanted to play infernal affairs, and he was also a double insurance policy.

You should know that Cao Cao and Lu Bu are now in the four states, but if they want to fight against Liu Yao, if they do not calculate other external factors, then there will definitely be a situation where there is no winning or losing.

After all, the four states in the Central Plains where they were located did not recover after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, especially the population. As the main activity areas of the Golden Rebellion, the four parts of the Central Plains suffered the greatest harm. The ones that were at the forefront of the Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and the people who died at that time were at least one million.

It’s easy to say about other things, whether it’s food, grass, property, or something, after more than ten years of waiting for me, it will eventually be able to recover a lot. But that population is not good. Without twenty years of accumulation of population, it is impossible to recover.

What does this war depend on? First, it is money and food. Nowadays, those who join the army are just to have enough food, and second, it is because they can still get a military pay for the military, which can help you make up for your family. If you don’t have money and food, who is willing to work hard for you?

Therefore, in wars these days, the money is all about money, and once the fight starts, the materials consumed every day are enough to be overwhelmed. If the strength of both sides is balanced and equal, it is at this time that it depends on who is richer, who has more materials in his hands and who can last to the end, then who can win.

As for the second, it naturally depends on population. This is not the era of hot weapons in later generations. It can destroy countless people with just a few missiles. Now it is the era of cold weapons, so the number of people who fight wars is still the number of people.

If there is no one, what else can you fight? No one will work for you even if you are rich. No one will work for you. No matter how rich you are, it will be useless. To put it bluntly, if there are enough people, as long as you don’t make any principled mistakes, then you can kill the other party by relying on the number of people. One side only has 100,000 soldiers, while the other side has 1 million soldiers. Is this comparable? You can know who will lose and who will win without thinking.

Not to mention the issue of military strength, just talk about the supply matter. When a large army goes to fight, it always needs food and grass. If there is no population to farm, then where can the harvest come from? When a large army goes to fight, it also needs population. It is not necessary for those soldiers to take charge of other trivial matters by themselves.

Now there is no need to think about where the most populous place is. It is naturally where Liu Yao is located. Liu Yao now lives in the seven states. At the time of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Yao began to prepare and accept refugees in a large manner.

At that time, there were countless refugees who could not eat enough to go to Youzhou, such as Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Sili and other places.

After Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, Luoyang suffered a disaster, and the entire Sili family was empty. Wherever the people went, they naturally went to Youzhou and went to these refugees. Liu Yao refused everyone. These were his capital to spread the world in the future. Naturally, one of them was one.

After these two major disasters, just a small Youzhou has a population of nearly 8 million. You should know that Jizhou, the most prosperous Han Dynasty, did not have such a large population at its peak.

Especially now, Liu Yao has included half of the big man under his command, and the population of the big man under his command has exceeded 30 million.

The entire Han Dynasty had only a population of only 50 million before the Golden Rebellion occurred. But now that the entire Han Dynasty suffered two major disasters, the population in the north of the Han Dynasty has not decreased, but has increased significantly.

As for the south, that's pitiful. Originally, the Central Plains was considered a wealthy place, and the entire Central Plains occupied almost half of the population of the Han Dynasty. But now, these people are dead and fleeing, so where can they get the population?

Now, the total population of Cao Cao and Lu Bu is worth 10 million. It is already thankful that the ratio of three to one is not comparable at all.

However, I have to say that the butterfly effect that Liu Yao brought after time traveling. You should know that in history, after the history of the Three Kingdoms ended, the Sima family established the Jin Dynasty. At that time, the population of the entire Jin Dynasty was only a pitiful of more than 7 million. Compared with the 50 million population at the end of the Han Dynasty, almost 90% died.

It is precisely because of this that the Han people are sparsely populated and cannot recover their vitality for a long time. This is why they encounter the invasion of those foreign races and experienced the humiliating history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. However, now there is Liu Yao. No matter whether Liu Yao wins or loses in the future, at least he has preserved the bloodline of the Han people. I believe that there will never be any historical humiliation like the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

However, Liu Yao knew the importance of this population, so how could Cao Cao not know? It was just that he had been almost unable to support himself in the past. He wished that the population on his territory was smaller, so where could he go back and continue to take in the population?

Now that Cao Cao finally settled down and had the time and capital to consider this matter, he realized that it was no longer realistic to want to compete for population with him, Liu Yao.

The seven northern states have been managed by him, Liu Yao, and waiting for me. The people live in wealth, but at least they can live and work in peace and contentment, with surplus food every year and occasionally new clothes. Isn’t this kind of life the people yearn for?

Looking at my own side, although the people's lives are acceptable, at least they cannot starve to death or freeze to death, the treatment is far worse than the people on Liu Yao's territory.

In this way, he would not have any capital to compete with him for the population of Liu Yao. To put it bluntly, with his current situation, it would be thankful that the population on his territory would not go to Liu Yao.

Since the population on Liu Yao's side cannot use his brain, he naturally has to make plans for other places. Jingzhou has a fertile land of three thousand miles and a population of nearly four million. It can be said to be an absolute large-capital state. How could Cao Cao let go of such a helping him?

Although Yizhou has many mountains and forests, it is true. Yizhou, which has not a large population, has never experienced any major disasters, which has made the vitality of Yizhou the best preserved.

But it is obvious that these two pieces of fat are now in power. Liu Biao's navy is invincible, even if Cao Cao faces him, it will definitely be a headache, and even if he can win, the loss will definitely be significant and the gain will not be worth the loss.

As for Yizhou, let alone Yizhou is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there is a Jingzhou in the middle. If you want to take over Yizhou, you are just dreaming.

Therefore, since we cannot rob these two areas, we can only compromise and choose to cooperate. As long as we can not win over Liu Biao and Liu Zhang to join his alliance with Cao Cao, it will be another help to deal with Liu Yao.

Apart from these two large territories, the rest are Jiangdong and Jiaozhou. Just forget about Jiaozhou, it is so huge, but the population is not as large as a county under Cao Cao.

As for Jiangdong, although the population is not very large, it is still a piece of meat. Moreover, Jiangdong is still a masterless thing now. How could Cao Cao let go of such a good territory?

It is precisely because of this that it is a bit imminent to help Sun Ce recover Jiangdong as soon as possible. If Sun Ce cannot take Jiangdong in the short term, it will be a lot of trouble at that time.

Once Lu Bu and Chen Gong stabilized half of Yangzhou that had just been captured, there was no need to think about what they would do next, which was to send troops to capture Jiangdong and turn half of Yangzhou under his command into a whole Yangzhou.

Liu Yao naturally knew Lu Bu's current strength very well. When he could not help, it was indeed very difficult for Sun Ce to resist Lu Bu's attack.

However, if Sun Ce could take down Jiangdong, gather the strength of the entire Jiangdong and some of his secret help. With Zhou Yu's talent, he would still be somewhat sure of dealing with Lu Bu.

Only in this way can Lu Bu retreat when he sees the difficulties, and also enable Sun Ce to emerge and make the heroes of the world pay attention to it. As the Lord of Jiangdong, he officially joins a member of the world's army.

If the Lu Bu alliance could not do anything about Sun Ce, then the only way would naturally be to choose to unite just like the previous attitude towards Liu Biao and Liu Zhang.

As for such a unity, whether it is Cao Cao or Sun Ce, Liu Biao, they will naturally agree happily. Cao Cao will agree, which is naturally because this way can give more strength to deal with Liu Yao. Liu Biao and Sun Ce's consent will naturally come from Liu Yao's consent.

However, this was exactly what Jia Xu wanted, and he secretly inserted these two infernal Affairs into the alliance of Cao Cao. It is easy to imagine how powerful this is.

It can be said that as long as Liu Biao and Sun Ce succeeded, when Liu Yao and Cao Cao's allies were in a difficult situation, someone suddenly turned against him in the back and stabbed him deeply, and instantly he could crippled Cao Cao.

However, all of this must be based on an assumption, that is, Sun Ce can take down Jiangdong as soon as possible, so this matter is indeed urgent.

Liu Yao nodded heavily and said, "Wenhe is right, I agree to help Sun Ce take down Jiangdong as soon as possible. What do you think?" After saying that, Liu Yao casually glanced at everyone present.

Everyone immediately started to discuss. Indeed, if they could guarantee that Sun Ce would not rebel, it would be a good thing to help him take down Jiangdong as soon as possible. Even if there were no follow-up plans, it would be a good thing for them to be able to take down Jiangdong's territory.

"Lord, I agree with this assistance to Sun Ce, but we must discuss and discuss this matter carefully," Tian Fengshun said with wide eyes, wide eyes and serious.

Everyone nodded and looked at Tian Feng, but they didn't say anything, wanting to see what his best ideas Tian Feng has.

Tian Feng was not polite and said directly, "Since Wenhe wants to use Sun Ce as a chess game, and save it until the end to give the enemy a fatal blow. Since this is the case, no matter how we provide assistance, we must remember one thing firmly, that is, pairing cannot expose our relationship with Sun Ce, otherwise everything will be wasted."

Everyone nodded with deep understanding after hearing this. Of course, there is no need to say more about this. If the Infernal Affairs and Infernal Affairs are known by the other party, then the Infernal Affairs will lose its original power.

"Since this is the case, there are a few things that cannot be done. First, we cannot directly send troops to help Sun Ce, which means that Sun Ce can only rely on the 5,000 troops under his command and the troops that can be recruited locally. Second, we cannot send people to contact Sun Ce anymore, at least we cannot contact him by land. Now that the Han Dynasty is about to break out, Cao Cao and Lu Bu's spies must be everywhere throughout the Han Dynasty. If the news is accidentally leaked, all the previous efforts will be wasted." Tian Feng said with a frown.

Liu Yao frowned when he heard this. This matter was really annoying. As expected, this Infernal Affairs is really not that fun. This is not OK, nor that.

"Yuan Hao. I don't know if you have any good ideas." Liu Yao looked at the calm Tian Feng with some depression. Looking at his confident look, he knew that this guy must have thought of a solution and was waiting for him to ask questions.

"Haha, lord, this is simple. Since the land route is blocked, we can definitely walk on the water route!" Tian Feng laughed.

"Water Road!" Liu Yao was also stunned when he heard this. After a while, he realized it. He slapped his thighs and shouted excitedly, "Yes. It's a water road!"

You should know that my navy is extremely powerful now, especially those five Zheng He chartered ships, let alone in the rivers. Even if they ran to the sea, they were not afraid at all.

Among the four prefectures where Cao Cao and Lu Bu are located, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou do not produce naval troops, but Yuan Shu originally chose Yangzhou because he has been fighting with Jingzhou for many years, and now he still has 30,000 to 40,000 naval troops.

But these slag water troops are not as good as they can stay in the Yangtze River. And now there are very few slag water troops under him, so they naturally treat them as treasures. If this is not a critical moment, they will naturally not take them out.

On the other hand, Liu Yao could completely ignore them, set out from the East China Sea, and bypass half of the man and reach Jiangdong directly. He could completely avoid Lu Bu's investigation. Could it be that Lu Bu's navy dared to run to the sea?

In this way, no matter how much I help Sun Ce, as long as his troops do not appear on the battlefield in Jiangdong, no one will know about his relationship with Sun Ce in Jiangdong for so long, and this opportunity can continue to be implemented.

"Yes, it is this waterway. Zheng He's charter boat that the lord owns just provided us with great convenience. When Sun Ce lacks food, we will give them food. But Sun Ce has weapons, we will give them weapons. When Sun Ce has shortage of money, we will give them money. With my help, Sun Ce has no worries. I believe that it will be possible to take Jiangdong in no time." Tian Feng said confidently.

In history, Sun Ce was able to make a fortune by relying on only three thousand elite soldiers. In just two years, he basically laid the entire Jiangdong and laid a solid foundation for Sun Wu's future foundation.

Now that I have endless help in this regard, I have reduced their efforts to develop slowly in the early stage. In addition, the skills of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, and their youth, waiting for me to enter, if they can't take Jiangdong in a year, then Liu Yao can only say one disappointment.

"Master, I think this is not enough. If you want Sun Ce to take down Jiangdong quickly, and be able to show off your strength and strength in front of the princes of the world and participate in this battle for the world, then I think you might as well send some of the new warships under your command to Sun Ce. Even the Zheng He treasure ship can be sent to him." Jia Xu said slowly.

As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on Jia Xu, and there was something called doubt in his eyes.

You should know that the old guy here had always said that he didn't completely believe in Sun Ce, but now, he is really not soft-mouthed when he opens his mouth. Even those latest warships are given away as soon as they say.

You should know that these new types of warships are his treasures of Liu Yao. Whether it is the centipede ship with unparalleled speed, the bottomless ship of Qimen, or the powerful fire dragon ship, they are all his treasures of Liu Yao.

Since it was built, it has basically never been used. In fact, this made him very helpless. When my baby was built, it has never been put into use. It feels like a dark pearl.

But this is not his fault. After all, since the navy was established, it has basically not sent much use, nor has it fought some large-scale battles. The biggest one was that when he was dealing with Yuan Shao, he sent 50,000 naval troops and captured a small Bohai Sea. It was not a hard battle at all, and it was easily taken down. There was no place to use it, even if the ship was good, there was nothing to do.

I won’t talk about these small warships, even if they are sent out, it’s nothing. Anyway, these ships are more troublesome to build. Without drawings, others can’t even make it impossible for them to imitate them. Without drawings, these warships are just one-time tools, and they will be gone if they are damaged. However, Liu Yao has as much as he wants, so he doesn’t have to worry about the enemy going to deal with them in turn.

But the Zheng He treasure ship is different. Although this thing is more troublesome to build and almost impossible to be imitated, even if he only has one, it is absolutely shocking and intimidating. He was sent out in vain. Liu Yao was really worried.

Jia Xu looked at Liu Yao's hesitant expression and advised, "Lord, we can't send much use to stay with us, and most of the Jiangdong wars are water wars. These warships can only play the greatest role in Sun Ce's hands!"

Liu Yao was shocked when he heard this, and then sighed deeply, feeling a little distressed in his heart.

The reason why I was unwilling to send these warships was because I was afraid that Sun Ce would turn against the situation because he received these helps?

But now when I think about it, I think too much. I originally trusted Sun Ce and waited for me, but now after being tricked by this, I began to doubt him. This is really a bit contradictory.

However, Liu Yao also figured it out that if he gave these warships to you, Sun Ce, he would not only not make him blindly arrogant because of these warships, but he would eventually turn against himself. On the contrary, Sun Ce would be even more afraid and respectful of himself.

After all, Liu Yao gave such a powerful warship, and he was so courageous. But this also shows one thing, that is, Liu Yao doesn't care about such a small thing at all. I think he has something better to wait for me in his hands. Keeping this awe-inspiring heart, Sun Ce will never dare to turn against him.

And Liu Yao also figured it out. Instead of staying in the warehouse in Youzhou to eat dust, it would be better for him to carry forward Sun Ce. Only Jiangdong is where these warships exert their power.

"Okay!" Liu Yao slapped the table in front of him heavily and shouted loudly, "It's settled, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, and Gan Ning are there!"

As soon as the three of them heard Liu Yao's shouting, they stood up and clasped their fists and said, "The last one is here."

"You are now ordered to carry a large amount of supplies, a hundred centipede ships, fifty fire dragon ships, fifty bottomless ships, and a Zheng He treasure ship heading to Jiangdong by waterway to help Sun Ce take down Jiangdong as soon as possible!"

"The last general will receive the order!" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!